US East Northern VA / MD Monthly Meetups

[Casper66]

Friends,
I’m in conversations with a representative from the Flying Circus Aerodome (Flying Circus Airshow) to do a “Overlanding Day” during one of their events. The Flying Circus Aerodrome is located 14 miles SE of Warrenton, VA and 22 miles NW of Fredericksburg, VA, just off Route 17, at 5114 Ritchie Road (Route 644) in Bealeton, VA. In short, it’s a weekly air show (Sunday’s) with bi-planes, etc., as well as airplane rides offered before and after each show - perfect for families. The gates typically open at 11, pre-show at 2, air show at 2:30 and it ends at 4pm. In my mind this means doing rig walk arounds, picnicking and hanging out for a few hours, then watching a cool air show and enjoying time with everyone. The field is huge, grassy and perfect for setting up the rigs. Plus theres restrooms and food vendors on site. Before I negotiate a group price I wanted to check the level of interest...so who would be interested in the “1st Annual Aerodome & Overland Day Out”?

If you are on other forums, feel free to gauge interest and let me know. I’d love for this to be an annual Overland event. Thanks!!!

We’d be in depending on date

 

[Hafaday]

Depends on the way you go. I can do it with the Jeep commander no issues but anything smaller with open diffs you may need to stack some rocks in places. A guy in front of us got stuck 3x before we where able to get around him.

Still have the Commander, huh? Cool deal.

 

[Nick80]

Depends on the way you go. I can do it with the Jeep commander no issues but anything smaller with open diffs you may need to stack some rocks in places. A guy in front of us got stuck 3x before we where able to get around him.

Still have the Commander, huh? Cool deal.

Yep I plan on keeping it another year or so. Just did the big break kit and replaced the front driveshaft.

 

[Casper66]

Wonderful long weekend camping on Loft Mountain in the Shenandoah National Forest.

 

[Brock Samson]

Nice, we were up that way yesterday; wife was testing out a new camera. Saw a few rigs rolling by at Big Meadows. Would have been nice to stop and chat but the weather turned to crap and dumped on us!

 

[Uberland]

Any interest in a “rigs and coffee” meetup this weekend? With appropriate social distancing, of course...

 

[Brock Samson]

I'd be down.

 

[Casper66]

Nice, we were up that way yesterday; wife was testing out a new camera. Saw a few rigs rolling by at Big Meadows. Would have been nice to stop and chat but the weather turned to crap and dumped on us!

We made it home before the rain thank goodness

 

[sabjku]

Hey all... I found this website looking for really any non-paved road in Northern VA given that all the GWNF trails are closed due to the pandemic. I've seen references to Clifton, Dumfries, and a few others but can't find more details. I'm only a couple inches over stock, so no rock-crawling for me. I'm itching to get some mud on the tires, so if anyone has any suggestions centered around Fairfax, VA please let me know!

I've been swamped at work the last couple of months and have had little opportunity to get on here, so I'm catching up on a lot of older stuff!

Your post caught my attention as you mentioned "non paved" roads. A site that I use a lot is gravelmap.com. It was originally created by cyclists to share gravel routes, but I use it to map out routes all the time. Like @JRElaxED said, Loudon County is LOADED with miles and miles of probably what you're looking for. You could spend days exploring that area, let alone everything else you can find on there. I'm in Alexandria and if you ever want to do some day trips, or weekend trips out that way, let me know. @JRElaxED is right down the street from me, and there's a lot more OB members around here as well!

 

[Brock Samson]

Never heard of gravelmap.com before, thanks for that @sabjku !

 

[Uberland]

Never heard of gravelmap.com before, thanks for that @sabjku !

I’ll be looking into that as well!

 

[Casper66]

I had hoped we could have a get together this Saturday at the vineyard where I work. A friend of ours was killed and the memorial service is Saturday afternoon so we will have to do another weekend

 

[Bryan0302]

I was told this is my free weekend to wheel. Anyone heading out this weekend?

 

[Brock Samson]

I had hoped we could have a get together this Saturday at the vineyard where I work. A friend of ours was killed and the memorial service is Saturday afternoon so we will have to do another weekend

Sorry for your loss Casper.

I was told this is my free weekend to wheel. Anyone heading out this weekend?

This weekend is the opposite for me! haha

 

[Specter]

I had hoped we could have a get together this Saturday at the vineyard where I work. A friend of ours was killed and the memorial service is Saturday afternoon so we will have to do another weekend

Sorry for your loss, Casper.

 

[Uberland]

I'd be down.

Doesn’t sound like we have much of a quorum, unless others are interested?

 

[Brock Samson]

Yeah it doesn't look like a good weekend for me either now unfortunately. I don't think I have anything going on next weekend (18-19). Maybe we'll get more interest with a little more notice?

 

[deFine_overland]

I would be down, but I have family vacation obligations this weekend all of next week and the following weekend.

 

[sabjku]

Never heard of gravelmap.com before, thanks for that @sabjku !

You're welcome! I've found it to be a great resource.

 

[Brock Samson]

Anyone here mountain bike? I've been going 2-4 times a week to the river/resevoir trails downtown. I'm gonna head out tomorrow morning as well if anyone's interested.